How to create a simple website with IIS7.5?

[gfheiche]

Is there a beginner’s tutorial for installing a simple web site in windows7 using IIS7.5?


I installed IIS7.5 following How to install IIS 7 and setup asp in windows 7 « Windows 7 Home.

Now I’m trying to install a simple web site. All the information I found so far, has too many options. I'm lost.

Thanks in advance
gfheiche

 

[Orbital Shark]

Hi,

You may want to check out this tutorial i've just created

Hope it helps


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[gfheiche]

Thanks, your article has exactly what I was looking for.
I followed all your instructions, but when I type into the browser: gfheiche.serverhttp.com, I get the router instead of the server.




Here is what I did:
1. Registered at no-ip.com as: gfheiche.serverhttp.com
2. Installed and used IIS7.5.
In step 5 used: Site Name: My New Site
Physical Path: C:\XYZ (just an ordinary folder)
Host address: gfheiche.serverhttp.com
3. a. Created New Inbound Rule in Windows Firewall
b. Since I have not yet figured out how to configure the exceptions in Linksys WRT310N, disabled the router firewall all together, temporarily.


But I do get the router instead of XYZ
What went wrong?

 

[gfheiche]

It works now. In 3b I configured the 2 exceptions in Linksys WRT310N by Port Forwarding port 80 to 192.168.1.xxx.
Thank you very much for the really helpful instructions
gfheiche

 

[gfheiche]

Hi,
Still one more question.
In order to function as a server, visitors to My New Site should be able to download the folder XYZ.
How can download be enabled?

 

[Orbital Shark]

Why would you need visitors to download the folder? I've got my own site set-up this way and only give access the the index aspx/htm/php file, which is the site homepage.

P.S sorry for the late reply

 

[gfheiche]

Not any visitor but authorized ones. There are many reasons for wanting the possibility to download from my website. For example, hotmail limits attachments to 10MB, so if I want to send an XYZ greater than 10MB, I put it on my server?

Can it be done in principle?

 

[gfheiche]

WebDAV allows download from a website. http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/350/installing-and-configuring-webdav-on-iis-70
In IIS7.5 it is even easier since WebDAV is incorporated and can be enabled in "Turn windows on or off".
Now the relatively simple question: " How does one use WebDAV in Windows7" to download?
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/350/installing-and-configuring-webdav-on-iis-70